Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Printing apparatus, method for controlling printing apparatus, and computer-readable storage medium
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Application No.: US18150273Application Date: 2023-01-05
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Publication No.: US11977792B2Publication Date: 2024-05-07
- Inventor: Takashi Kanzaki
- Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicant Address: JP Nagoya
- Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Nagoya
- Agency: Merchant & Gould P.C.
- Priority: JP 22013432 2022.01.31
- Main IPC: G06F3/12
- IPC: G06F3/12 ; G06K15/10

Abstract:
A printing apparatus having a head having first nozzles for inks in basic colors and second nozzles for an ink in a custom color, first flow paths for supplying the inks to the first nozzles, a second flow path for supplying the ink to the second nozzles, a display, and a controller, is provided. The controller is configured to acquire an imaging color gamut in a predetermined color space including color values included in image data, for each of a plurality of option colors, one of which is selectable as the custom color, acquire a printing color gamut, acquire an evaluation value for each of the option colors based on a comparison between the printing color gamut and the imaging color gamut, and before loading the second flow path with the ink in the custom color, display a ranked order of the option colors based on the evaluation values.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230273754A1 PRINTING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PRINTING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Public/Granted day:2023-08-31
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